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KELLY, Michael Augustine
Personal Details
Service Number: | 173 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
Born: | Tenterfield, New South Wales, Australia, 11 December 1876 |
Home Town: | Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 10 December 1955, aged 78 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: |
Service History
Boer War Service
1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 173, Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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18 May 1900: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 173, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 475 notes 4th QIB embarked 18 May 1900 aboard Manchester Port arriving Beira 14 Jun 1900. | |
16 Mar 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 173, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, National Archives Australia- Boer War Dossier notes invalided returned to Australia aboard Ranee arriving Brisbane 14 Mar 1901, discharged 16 Mar 1901. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Michael Augustine Kelly was born on 11 Dec 1876 at Tenterfield, New South Wales, a son to Mortimer and Mary Kelly.
He served twice in the South African (Boer) War. First service was as a Private S.N. 173 in the 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen. Second service was as a Private S.N. 671 in the 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen.